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Our U16s headed to West Cork this afternoon to face Ibane Ladies in the County Championship Semi Final. Having received a walkover in the quarter final, this team’s last competitive match together was at the start of June so they knew they had a tough task ahead.

Sophia White opened the scoring with a well-taken point after 5 minutes; another point from Alannah Keane and a brace from captain Elly Murphy saw Passage lead by 2 after 10 minutes. An Ibane goal on 20 minutes saw them take the lead for the first time but Passage always looked threatening going forward and a well-worked goal from Sarah O’Mahony and point from the unmarkable Shannon Ryan saw the teams go in level at the break, 1-5 a piece.

The second half saw Passage take control defensively, limiting the Ibane attacks and feeding great ball to the midfield pairing of Elly Murphy and Róisín Killen who in turn continued to set up the Passage forwards for some great scores. Sub Róisín Hanlon tapped over 3 great points at her ease and Lauren Coughlan struck 2 following some great passing. Further scores from Alannah, Elly and Rita saw the girls 7 points ahead with only 5 minutes remaining. A late Ibane goal from a penalty proved to only be a consolation score as the Passage defence shut up shop and continued to dismiss any Ibane attempts to salvage the game. A fantastic performance from this group of girls whose work rate and fitness earned them well-deserved victory. They now have a county final to look forward to in October. Well done to all involved and thanks to all the great supporters

Final score Passage 2-13 Ibane 3-6

Passage team: C. Walsh, I. O’Brien, T. Hanlon, K. Farrell, L. Finlay, S. Moynihan, C.Brady, E. Murphy (0-3), R. Killen, S. Ryan (0-1), R. Browne (0-1), S. O’Mahony (1-0), A. Keane (1-2), L. Coughlan (0-2), S. White (0-1), R. Hanlon (0-3), L. Kelly, E. Barry

Our Gaelic4Mothers and Others team Passage Pythons had an early start yesterday morning as they headed to Dublin for the Sports Direct National Blitz Day. Almost 3,000 women took part in this fantastic event with 138 teams registered.

They played matches against St. Kevins Kildare, Bray Emmetts, Dunamaggin Kilkenny, Scoil Uí Chonaill Clontarf, and Robert Emmetts Donegal. As usual it was a day filled with football and great craic! Well done ladies!!

Our U8 boys played a football blitz this morning in the sweltering heat hosted by St Finbarrs H&F Club. A total of six games were played by our two teams we played against three senior clubs. Nemo Rangers, Bishopstown and St Finbarrs.

Six very competitive games with great defending, scoring and kick passing skills were on show by our boys and some great link up play in very humid conditions. According to the boys we won every game.

A very enjoyable morning of football was had by our 14 boys. Hurling blitz on Saturday week is next for this group of players.

Our U12s continued their winning streak in the county with a victory this evening against Delanys. A great team effort by all 22 girls in front of a strong home support. Next up will be an away game to Dromtarriffe. Well done to all involved and thanks to Delanys for a very sporting game

An early start for our U10s this morning as they headed to Donoughmore to take part in the Danielle Forde Blitz. We played 3 matches against Donoughmore, St Finbarrs and Éire Óg and the girls seized the opportunity to show off the skills they have been working on in training in front of their hugely encouraging supporters.

Sincere thanks to Forde family, Donoughmore Ladies Football Club and Mid-Cork Ladies Football for the great organisation and for inviting us to take part, we had a very enjoyable morning. Thanks as always to the parents for their great support and transport!!